It Begins… GOP Reps Call for Investigation into Obama Administration's Slow and Weak Response to BP Gulf Oil Spill
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 3:11 PM
Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) released this statement earlier today criticizing the Administration’s pathetic response to the BP Gulf oil spill.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
“The environment and the livelihood of millions in the Gulf region depend on getting this oil spill cleaned up as quickly as possible. That is priority number one,” said Chairman Price. “Meanwhile, there must be a full investigation to learn exactly what went wrong and who should be held accountable. It would be utterly irresponsible to leave any questions unanswered about this disaster and Washington’s response. So far, the remarkably slow response by the Obama administration and their defensive posture raises questions about their handling of this matter. Such a response and attitude do not inspire confidence that similar disasters will be addressed more effectively in the future.
“This tragedy once again highlights the need for an energy policy that uses the full potential of American innovation, conservation, and production. This is a time to clean up the spill and get an accurate accounting of the situation, not for making short-sighted and reactionary decisions to limit access to our country’s energy resources. Taxpayers should not foot the bill for this disaster, and American families should not be hit with runaway energy bills because it was used to stymie future responsible and needed expansion of domestic energy.”
Top Obama Administration officials did not even know that the Defense Department had oil slick equipment.
Barack Obama is the biggest recipient of BP cash in the last 20 years.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 87 Comments
logprof commented:
We had to hear “What did Bush know and when did he know it?” ad nauseam after 9/11.
Payback’s a female dog.
down with dems commented:
Obama biggest recipient of BP money over past 20 years
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/05/obama-biggest-recipient-of-bp-money-over-past-20-years
gus commented:
Opie lied turtles died.
jainphx commented:
Oh Piglosi is going to allow the investigation to begin right now. Yeah when pigs fly!
BIGKAHUNA9 commented:
Karma is a biotch aint it Barrack ???? MMMM MMMM MMMM
Chippy commented:
This is why we need to vote for republicans in November. Then we get the majority back. We then can call for hearings on what has happened in this congress and this administration the last sixteen months.
Bill H commented:
BO… always a few days late and a trillion dollars short.
fgdgd commented:
Impeach the affirmative action puppet.
bill-tb commented:
A government too big to fail, is a government too big to do anything. Bigness is not the same as competence.
aprilnovember811 commented:
They have eight months left. Then the investigations will start in earnest. Hear that Barack?
pagar commented:
“Top Obama Administration officials did not even know that the Defense Department had oil slick equipment.”
I would not surprise me to learn that there were Obama Administration officials who did not know we had a Defense Department. I don’t believe there has ever been so many know nothings assembled in one administration.
Seven commented:
Obama had a tee off time at the golf coast.
Napolitano thinks the immigration and white male terrorists are the big issues.
kansas commented:
The adminstration has been on this with an all hands on deck attitude since DAY ONE, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief Down’s Syndrome Sufferer, Janet Napoleon.
Sojourner commented:
…Heckuva job, Strickland:
“Though his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland was in the Grand Canyon with his wife last week participating in activities that included white-water rafting, ABC News has learned.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/while-oil-slick-spread-interior-department-chief-of-staff-rafted-with-wife-in-grand-canyon-.html
.. OMG…he was at the Grand Canyon,?? In AZ?? RACCCCISSST!
Opaobie commented:
“all hands on (their) decks”…is more like it….(had to misspell it to keep it clean, but Harry Reid is probably the most “on deck”-head of them all).
Babsy commented:
“Barack Obama is the biggest recipient of BP cash in the last 20 years.”
Barack Hussein Odumbo is the most incompetent twit to occupy the White house in the history of the Nation!!!
Jo commented:
Hussein is blaming BP when he could have had the NAVY contain this within 20 hours after the explosion. That is what the Navy does and has equipment. I cannot wait till this amature wacko-extremist and hatemongerer Hussein leaves office and is out of politics. then the world can have some peace.
seesalrun commented:
never let a crisis go to waste
I keep going back to it.
Just got back from the OTC conference in Houston.
Please vote in in Nov and your regional primaries.
Watch. learn. listen and for God’s sake vote. Bring your family and friends.
seesalrun commented:
I should’ve quote Rahm Emmual,
about the crisis thing.
Division is key to the us becoming Greece, or the UK.
We are tolerant.
We are the USA
and we will stand United once more under the Constitution.
Don’t doubt it, as the sleeping Ginat, the civil society is awake.
I love you, all my fellow Americans, and my Country. God Bless you all and God Bless our men and woman fighting now overseas on our behalf.
seesalrun commented:
GIANT, sorry but we are BIG
jorgen commented:
So, being a community organizer is not really a good preparation for becoming President of The United States.
avery commented:
Bet you,Jimmy Carter is happy.He lose his title.
Colorado2993 commented:
What was he going to do? Stop the oil with his mind powers? Hypocracy is a two way street.